Paid Members DJ Kris Posted July 19, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted July 19, 2007 Man, I totally forgot about this, I had intended to nominate Marty Scurll as someone who has put in some good performances, but unlikely to get picked up on. Oh well, he'll just have to keep paying me off until next year :)On the topic of Steve Grey and Johnny Kidd ranking so low, you have to consider who they appeal to today's market. While they probably have more ability than those higher up, how much of that ability has seen it's better days and how much just doesn't connect with the current fans. All of that aside, another consideration is that they don't get about as much as the likes of Spud, Jonny Storm, etc and therefore a good number of today's fans will be less than familiar with them. I've only seen them once or twice myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewey Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 There was a rumour going round last year that James Wallace has many accounts on here and voted for himself loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cum Doctor Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.I'm fairly sure I've recieved PMs from him in the past complaining about me criticising his in ring work at times. Infact, I am also sure I got one this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBT Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 UKHG spoilt one of the top five for me last weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockbus Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Bugger. I completely forgot to vote in round three. If Martin Stone isn't in the top three I'll be shocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted July 19, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) *************************************************** No. 47 - The Juice 2006 Ranking - Not Listed 2006 Ranking - Not Listed Moving Up  Photo - www.gpwrestling.org.uk  Formerly a member of the raving babyface WKD faction in the North-west's GPW, C-Juice (as he was known then) turned on his long-time tag partner D-Lyrium last June, instantly joining Heresy's heelish SIN cult. Now known as The Juice, he would fight alongside SIN members (such as Joseph Hayes and Johnny Phere) for the remainder of the year.  He had long been picked as "one to watch" due to his impressive look, intense persona and Dynamite Kid-esque power+technique ring style (and had impressed in singles matches in Futureshock Wrestling when he had the chance) but this singles push was his chance to shine.  At GPW's "Crazy Cruiser8" one-night tournament in November, he defeated El Ligero in a fantastic opening round match, before falling to the incredibly popular Bubblegum in an excellent semi-final. Juice then went on to feud with El Ligero for most of 2007, the gripping series reaching something of a climax in June when Juice defeated his nemesis in a Streetfight, in yet another fine showing.  Mainly sticks to the North-West and GPW and FSW, but when IPW:UK needed a last-minute replacement on their "Taste of IPW" afternoon shows in Liverpool in April (as a part of the King of Europe Cup weekend), Juice was the man who got the call. Day One saw him team with the comedic Blockbusta and fall to The Untouchables (Dave Moralez and Jack Storm), while on Day Two he was nearly chopped to death by Dragon Aisu. He didn't really get a chance to show folks what he could do in his only IPW:UK appearances to date, but this first ever entry into the UKFF 50 is a sign that Juice's career is moving in the right direction. Edited August 5, 2007 by UK Hat Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted July 19, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) UKHG spoilt one of the top five for me last weekend Or was I just lying to you in an attempt to make you look stupid?!? **********************************************************No. 46 - Ashe2006 Ranking: 322005 Ranking: 35Moving Back DownPhoto - www.ldnwrestling.comLast summer, Ashe was in the middle of a heated (and enthralling) feud with his former AK-47 tag team partner, Kris Linnell, in IPW:UK. He had just lost the LDN Heavyweight Title to Martin Stone, but alongside Curve (Phil Bedwell) in the newly reformed New Breed, Ashe took great pleasure in making Linnell's life a misery. A series of entertaining tag team matches over the summer and autumn (with the New Breed teaming on occasion with the Hated Heroes, Linnell bringing reinforcements in the shape of the Dragon Hearts) and a singles match at the IPW:UK "2nd Anniversary Weekender" eventually led to Linnell earning his chance for revenge against the evil Ashe, culminating in a Career vs. Career Steel Cage match in Swanley (boo) in October. By this point, Ashe was suffering from a rather nasty shoulder injury which necessitated some time off, and Linnell was hampered by an injury to his hand. As such, this long-awaited grudge match wasn't the epic, blood-soaked final grudge match that it could have been (clocking in at less than 10 minutes, and somewhat lacking in intensity) but still held up well and taken on its own was an enjoyable slice of pro wrestling.Due to the stipulation, Ashe was seemingly gone from pro wrestling. In January, however, he resurfaced in LDN, heading straight into a feud with Ricky Hype and Sanjay Bagga. This memorably lead to him giving the evil Mr Bagga a well-earned piledriver in Cheshunt and settling his beef with Hype by defeating him in an Enfield Streetfight in, erm, Enfield.Ashe then set his sights on regaining the LDN Heavyweight Title, clashing with champion Jon Ritchie in tags (alongside Tex Benedict), before downing him by DQ in the return to Enfield, surely setting up a rematch. This feud should see out the remainder of LDN's year.As well as an in-ring performer, Ashe holds a lead role at one of LDN's training facilities, preparing Mr Bagga's next TV stars for their chance. Edited August 5, 2007 by UK Hat Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted July 19, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) ************************************************************ No. 45 - Terry Frazier 2006 Ranking: 17 2005 Ranking: 44 Moving Down  Photo - UK Hat Guy  One half of The Kartel (alongside Sha Samuels), Terry Frazier makes his 3rd consecutive UKFF 50 appearance. An on-off feature for IPW:UK, the team defeated 3CW's Team Dormanstown (Kid Richie & Chris Whitton) in October, before entering into a feud with former FWA Academy stars Maximum Head (Max Voltage and Dan Head). After the Kartel used a steel chain behind the referee's back to earn the victory in a pretty good match in December, the two teams battled again twice in February, both in Streetfights. At "Battle One" in Swanley, The Kartel were victorious in an awful 5-minute abomination, but the two teams bounced back in spectacular fashion for the rematch 1 week later in Orpington for "Battle Two". They blended brawling, hardcore, high-flying, hard-hitting, comedy, subtle touches, genius ideas and incredible stunts to produce arguably one of the best UK matches of the year so far. Frazier himself could only look on helplessly that night as MaxHead pinned his partner....since Terry found himself handcuffed to a KOed merchandise stall holder, King Slim....!  Returning to IPW:UK as home-coming babyfaces at "The June Show!" with a win over the bizarre combination of Jon Ryan and Pro Wrestling NOAH's Ippei Ota, Frazier and Samuels set their sights on the IPW:UK Tag Team Titles. Another victory at "Unfinished Business", this time over Mark Haskins and Joel Redman (more former FWA Academy dudes), in July goes some way in setting up a mouthwatering clash with the champs, Swiss Money Holding (2 from Ares, Claudio Castagnoli or Marc Roudin).  The Kartel's exploits haven't been limited to IPW:UK. They took part in the RQW Tag Team Championship tournament, losing in the first round to the Dragon Hearts (Spud and Luke "Dragon" Phoenix) in one of the few highlights of RQW's otherwise duff February York Hall show. They were made to look awesome, however, as they lost by DQ when Frazier used a billy club. The psychotic, unbalanced Frazier continued the beating after the match.  Along the M4 in Swindon's 4FW, Frazier is a part of the leading heel faction, The Firm, alongside Samuels and Martin Stone, and is integral to 4FW storylines and situations.  As a popular "man of the people" or as a riot-provoking crazy nutter (who scares the living shit out of me, personally), Frazier is a diverse and talented individual who attracts much attention despite being an almost exclusive tag team wrestler. If he doesn't earn a 4th UKFF 50 place next year, it will be a shock. Edited August 5, 2007 by UK Hat Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Edler Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Is the Hune show, some great underground show that i didn't know about? Because, at, The June show, it was Kartel vs. Ota & Jon Ryan, not Martin Stone !Super write ups as usual, HG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockbus Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Is the Hune show, some great underground show that i didn't know about? Because, at, The June show, it was Kartel vs. Ota & Jon Ryan, not Martin Stone !Super write ups as usual, HG!The Hune show happened in an alternate universe where HatGuy amitted he's actually ginger.On a serious note, I'm upset to see Terry Frazier take such a big drop. I think The Kartel have really improved this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$tew Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Terry Frazier is top 15 material, surely? I can only imagine the drop in position is due to The Kartel taking several months off recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted July 19, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Is the Hune show, some great underground show that i didn't know about? Because, at, The June show, it was Kartel vs. Ota & Jon Ryan, not Martin Stone !Super write ups as usual, HG!Erm...what? ****************************************************************No. 44 - Ashley Reed2006 Ranking: 362005 Ranking: Not ListedMoving DownPhoto - UK Hat Guy (apologies, it's well shit....but it's the best I could find)The man given the nickname "Mr IPW" has had an incredibly varied 12 months. Last summer, he was locked in an engaging all-out war with former friend Tony Sefton which tore apart many an IPW:UK Orpington show. On the first night of the "2nd Anniversary Weekender", he found himself as part of a great trios tag match involving, amongst others, Sefton, Mexico's Ricky Marvin and former Toryumon X starlet Taiji Ishimori, following it up the next night with an action-packed love-it-or-hate-it" match with Canada's "Mr Wrestling" Kevin Steen.After spending the back end of 2006 facing the likes of Pac and Darkside, he finally wrapped up his gripping, year-long feud with Sefton in an epic Last Man Standing match in November at "No Escape". Though he came out on the losing end, it proved to be Sefton's last match, while Reed went on to represent IPW:UK in their fabulous inter-promotional feud with the FWA. Reed found himself in a mini-feud with the returning "Messiah" Brandon Thomas, defeating him in a poor match at "Battle One" in February in Swanley (boo) but then being taken out of the feud altogether by Thomas in an excellent blood-soaked angle at "Battle Two" a week later in Orpington.While all of this was going on, Reed had already made his debut "ooop north" for 3CW in the entertaining 6-man tag team main event of August's "International Wrestling Classic" event in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, and become a regular part of the RQW roster. He lost to Pac in a very flat match at December's one-night title tournament show, before taking part in equalling uninspiring bouts in January (4-way) and February (vs. Paul Robinson), all at York Hall.Following the Brandon Thomas angle in IPW:UK in February, it was revealed that Reed was apparently quitting wrestling......until he made an unannounced (and victorious) return against James Tighe at IPW:UK's "Unfinished Business" show in July when Tighe's scheduled opponent (the lousy Kid Kash) failed to show. Whether it was a one-off appearance or the beginning of a comeback for the former Dropkixx standout, we'll have to wait and see.... Edited August 5, 2007 by UK Hat Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted July 21, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) ************************************************************* No. 43 - "Notorious" Jon Ritchie 2006 Ranking - Not Listed 2005 Ranking - Not Listed Moving Up  Photo - www.ldnwrestling.com  Surely an indication of the reach and influence of LDN Wrestling's increased schedule of live events and nearly a full year of TV coverage, veteran hard man Jon Ritchie makes his first UKFF 50 appearance in 2007.  Currently the holder of the LDN British Heavyweight Championship, Ritchie has been a mainstay of LDN cards since the start of their TV run, memorably "braking the ankle" of Steve Blamey in the debut episode taped 12 months ago. When then-champion Martin Stone was stripped of the title when he left LDN, Ritchie played an integral part of the tournament to crown a new holder. Though he didn't advance past the first round of the confusing double-elimination tournament held in September (he was DQed for using a closed fist, and then couldn't compete in the tournament further due to "being arrested"), it further estblished him as the no-nonsense gangland hard bastard that you really wouldn't want to mess with.  From there. Ritchie was one of the leading lights in the resurrected Mountevans ("World of Sport") Rules matches which became one of LDN's main selling points. Indeed the rest of his 2006 was spent facing the rather good Yorghos and the rather bad Mike Mendoza under these rules, to an initially lukewarm response due to the style and format being so different to what LDN Wrestling's main audience had ever seen from pro wrestling before.  Beginning 2007 by stealing the LDN Title belt from holder Tex Benedict and declaring himself the uncrowned champion, Ritchie went into a headline feud with Benedict, eventually beating him to officially gain the belt in Ware in another Mountevans (now renamed as the much more friendly "Spirit") Rules match.  Ritchie has had a firm grip on the title ever since, including a couple of defences against the utterly useless Mendoza, one against the "Cockney Barrowboy" Barry Ryan, a brilliant Spirit Rules win over Steve Grey, and a solid rematch with Tex, but now finds himself matched with former champion Ashe (see #46).  Like his newest challenger, Ritchie is also heavily involved in training potential future wrestlers, running the Dropkixx facility with the Scarlo brothers and running regular small shows in various working mens clubs around London under that banner, as well as the LDN school. Dropkixx has proven to be the main source of new talent for LDN in the past year, and so most new names you see on Capital TV have benefitted from Ritchie's advice and schooling during their developing careers. Edited August 5, 2007 by UK Hat Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted July 21, 2007 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 21, 2007 (edited) ************************************************************** No. 42 - Sha Samuels 2006 Ranking: 20 2005 Ranking: Not Listed Moving Back Down  Centre, with Terry Frazier Photo - UK Hat Guy  Terry Frazier's (see #45) partner in the tag team The Kartel, Sha drops down the rankings of the UKFF 50 in 2007, despite a very strong year. Nearly all of what was written for Frazier above applies equally to Samuels (notable matches, appearances, happenings etc), and so I won't repeat myself here.  More jolly and fun-loving than his often-psychotic partner, Samuels is clearly loving his role new as a babyface in IPW:UK (crowd friendly catchphrases like "WINNER!!" and "HUSH! HUSH! HUSH YOUR GUMS!!" certainly help), despite retaining his violent heel persona elsewhere. Edited August 5, 2007 by UK Hat Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizark Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Why have the Kartel fallen so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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